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September 29, 2023

Forensic expert and Blackwatch Owner, LeAnna Ferguson, completes the Cellebrite Advanced Smartphone Analysis training. CASA is a four day intensive training program which provides advance programing to assist in carving out the unparsed data from a phone extraction. Only 250 or fewer cell forensic experts, including law enforcement at the state and federal level, receive this advanced training each year.


 
Recovering Better Data to Build Stronger Cases

Blackwatch’s Advanced Recovery Technology Gets You More Data

Cell phones go with us everywhere we go. Every time we scroll, search or text, we are leaving behind data that is creating a profile of who we are that is so specific, it’s practically digital DNA. As an attorney, your access to better quality data from your client’s mobile devices will provide you with the insights and evidence to build better cases and win.

Digital trails of data include our location, in and outbound communications, buying habits, and much more. Every app, video, and internet search we do on our phones comes with metadata which, along with deleted data, can later be extracted using Blackwatch’s advanced forensic methods.

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Blackwatch Retrieves More Data Relevant to Your Case

Alternative communications through social media platforms like Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and Tik Tok all collect and store user data. Blackwatch’s approach to cellular extraction along with our analysis and knowledgeable expertise, give you the upper hand by providing more information to be used as evidence for your client.

In every case involving a cell phone, you should demand independent testing of the evidence.  Police refer to this process as a “dump”.  You may only be getting a bunch of B.S.  Were you told the phone was broken, they couldn’t “dump” it, or they did not find the alleged text your client says will prove his innocents.  They don’t have to prove your case.  Blackwatch’s forensic experts have recovered lost data from each of these incidents and so much more. 

When the DA provides you a pdf of the state’s extraction, demand more.  Providing cell phone extraction reports in a reader or pdf form only gives you the data the police wanted to filter-in.  Qualified experts should prepare a thorough report identifying the step-by-step process from custody, extraction attempts and types to analysis. 

Blackwatch Investigation and Mitigation is unique.  We are a team of licensed criminal investigators with cellular forensic expertise in extraction and mapping.  We bring our investigative skills to every phone extraction.  At Blackwatch Investigation and Mitigation, our expert forensic examiners specialize in peeling back the layers of information collected by your client’s cell phone. Digital forensic examinations will help you represent your client more effectively and dispute misrepresented facts presented in court. Blackwatch Investigation and Mitigation is customer service oriented with the experience and knowledge to provide expert witness testimony in the field of digital forensics.


 
LeAnna Ferguson